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at all ; if so, it is the only species of the genus that seems to be so ; 
the other species are African. 
San se viera trifascia ta Hort. ; B. P. ii. 1054. 
Cultivated, but also sometimes in village-shrubberies ; probably 
native of West Africa, but appears to have reached India from America 
where it is sometimes grown as S. guineensis , the West African 
Bowstring Hemp which is not naturalized and is hardly known even 
in cultivation, in India. 
CII. — IRIDEJE. 
556 . Cipura Aubl. 
Cipura paludosa Aubl.; H. S. 601 ; B. P. ii. 1055. 
Naturalized in thickets near Calcutta among grass; native of 
America. 
557 , Belamcanda Adans. 
Belamcanda chinensis Leman ; B. P. ii. 1056. Pardanthus chinensis 
H. S. 605. 
v. Dasbahu, dasbachandi. 
In gardens, everywhere; native of China. 
CIII. — AMARYLLIBACEiE. 
558 , Agave Linn. 
Agave VeraCruz Mill. A, cantula B. P. ii. 1057. 
v. Kant ala, bilati ananas . 
A hedge near villages ; native of America. 
Other species of Agave are occasi jnally grown as hedges. 
559 . Curculigo Gaertn. 
* Curculigo orcliioides Gaertn. ; H. S. 580 ; B. P.ii. 1059. 
v. Tal muli, tal lura . 
Grassy places west of the river Hughli. 
560 . Zepliyrantlies Herb. 
Zephyrantlies tubispatlia Herb.; H. S. 582; B. P. ii. 1060. 
In gardens, but also sometimes appearing spontaneously in grassy 
places; native of Peru. 
561 . Crinum Linn. 
* Crinum asiaticum Linn.; H. S. 588; B. P. ii. 1061, 
v. Bara kanur . 
Sundribuns, wild, plentiful ; often also in gardens in our area. 
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